Goodbye to WoW.... GF related *update* I want to play

[StageLeft]

she thinks of it as mind-rot at it's worst

Smart girl.

When Ultima Online came out I let it dictate my life, as WOW seems to dictate yours. I'd work out less, go out less, spend less time with the SO, so that I could play it. These games are an unhealthy obsession for a lot of people.

I have to say I felt free, like a burden was lifted off my shoulders, when I finally quit UO and promised myself--a promise I've kept--never to play a MMORPG ever again. For some people they are disasterously addicted.

On the one hand it's something you like to do, so your GF should let you do it, but on the other hand she is right in this matter, because you're clearly letting it screw with your life. If you played a couple of hours a day and that was it, that's fine, but you're obviously letting it kick in to doing other things.

Quit. I know you've sunk time into it. God knows I did with UO. UO to me was the most fun I'd ever had in a video game, but also the most mindless waste of time I've ever engaged in. When you quite WoW you'll find that you have a lot more free time.

I am really feeling the itch to play.... more than anything I'm feeling the burn of disloyalty, of letting down all my guildmates who rely on my healing spells as one of the 2 only priests in the guild.

Of course. In fact after my first stint with UO, before promising never to play again, I eventually got nostalgic about it and played again in the summer of 1998. After that second go at it is when I made the promise. Fully seven years later I still refer back to it with my brother on occassion and it brings back memories for both of us, because seemingly for a few months out of my life the epicentre of it was UO. Forget your guildmates. Tell them you're quiting. Some of them, while mad at you, will secretely envy your new resolve and wish they had it in them to quit as well.

Destroy the installation disc or sell it

it will pull you back in over time.

Agreed, that's why I got in the second time...because it was there calling to me.

 

[Freejack2]

I fall in the Casual, Log-in-every-so-often Gamer. I don't have the time to be a powergamer nor do I wish to be. My younger brother-in-law is a powergamer and I think he has totally lost his social life to that game. At Christmastime last year he scarcely talked to anyone, all he did most of the time was play WOW.

My wife falls somewhere inbetween but leans more towards the log-in-every-so-often Gamer. Thank god for that.

Originally posted by: Boze

The Hardcore, Unstoppable Powergamer: This is the person that absolutely has to conquer every challenge set before them in the game, regardless of the amount of time required. Some of these people can play 10 or 15 hours a week (or even less!) and accomplish this, others are barely capable of maintaining this level of play even if they play 70+ hours a week.
The Casual, Log-in-every-so-often Gamer: This person doesn't care nearly as much about levels or doing all the 'cool high-end stuff' or having all the 'leet gear' that the other group has. This person may play an hour a day, or may play five hours a day, but only in spurts, hardly ever for a period longer than a month or so... and certainly with no long-term dedication.

 

[ucdbiendog]

Originally posted by: Doboji

Originally posted by: hg321
If it's something you truly enjoy playing , why not just cut back on your playing time

Tried that already..... the game just doesnt allow for it... if you intend to do an instance the damn things take you at least a couple of hours, plus another hour to actually put the group together.... and if you intend to actually make friends in game you're gonna need to consistently level with them... which requires playing. So it really is impossible to cut back on the hours. The game eats you alive.... it's fun as all hell... but damn. It is just a massive timesink.

-Max

Truer words have not been spoken about the game. I've been thinking of getting out of it. I just find it retarded farming instances for gear so i can be a little more effective in PVP which happens to be pointless anyway. Im taking a break atm.

 

[skace]

Time is limited. Physical gain is good. When an activity is enjoyable but doesn't benefit your physical self, it is considered an unhealthy obsession. Thus forcing you to counter-act it with an added activity that includes physical gain.

Your GF was mad because your preferred activity was one that she wasn't included in or did not like. Time spent playing it was time not spent playing her. This made it look 10x worse from her eyes.

 

[Doboji]

Originally posted by: eakers
why would you play a game where you have to go out and get a job and then stuff like it was real life? why not get a real job and money?

I can't kill big giant creatures, and steal their gold in real life.

 

[Yossarian]

you guys ever read Stephen King's Hearts in Atlantis? It's a pretty good story about how a bunch of college kids in the late 60's get addicted to the card game hearts. Several fail out of school because of it and end up drafted and on their way to Vietnam.

 

[jEnus]

I've concluded that you can not have a wife, fiancee', girlfriend, significant other if you play WoW. The only way that you could have both is if they also played WoW . . then you have to worry about them leaving you for their ingame boyfriend across the country . .


[I survived a 4 year Ultima Online addiction]

 

[Cleaner]

Everything in life in Moderation.

 

[CVSiN]

Originally posted by: Doboji
So I've been playing WoW since the day after it's release. I average about 2 hours per night. In the beginning this was more like 4 hours a night, with occasional much longer days. Well the GF fvcking hates that I play... she thinks of it as mind-rot at it's worst. My feeling up til now has been screw you, I'm an adult, I should be able to spend my free time however the hell I choose. Well tonight we got into a massive argument about it, as I was mid-instance when she called and said come down and see me. I choose not to go, but instead to fulfill my duties (troll priest) and get my group through the rest of the instance.

Well the massive argument ensues, during which she actually succeeds in convincing me that I play way too much, and I haven't been doing anything with my spare time OTHER than WoW, and I really havent been involved with other stuff. I've been meaning to play Rugby, but havent put the time forward to do it. I haven't been taking my tech cert exams. I haven't been doing the extra work at home I used to do. WoW truly was taking over too much of my life. So blam I delete the installation off the PC, with the intention of never putting it back.

What are some of your opinions on the WoW phenomenon, is it indeed an unhealthy obsession? Or am I pussywhipped, and allowing my interests to be manipulated?

Flame away....

-Max

Max you be whiped to the extreme.. 2 hours a night is nothing.. youd prolly waste it watching TV or web surfing AT anyway =p

but thats your own fault for slacking off on your other stuff..

Work first.. play after...

 

[konakona]

Originally posted by: vtqanh

Originally posted by: ArmchairAthlete
Find a girl who's addicted, or get her addicted haha.

Seriously, why be with someone who doesn't share your interests, but wants to mold you into her "perfect man" or some sh*t?

:disgust:

whats :disgust: for? there are plenty of 'normal' girls out there there that are really pretty and play games, believe it or not. this one girl in my guild looks better than a lot of celebrities and has the strongest character among us. you make it sound like there cant be decent girls enjoying games.

 

[batmang]

i played it for 3 weeks and got sick of it.

i do admit, i have a short attention span, especially with mmorpg's. but i played this 3 weeks, hardcore. and then finally stopped cause i was sick of it.

just cancel your account, dont lose a woman over a stupid ass game.

 

[liquidblue]

I'm glad I didn't buy this game at a low $35 at outpost...



Seriously, though. I don't see myself paying for a monthly subscription.

Oh, and good life choice.

 

[Darthvoy]

That happened to me with Halo 2...go to bungie and click on stats then type my username "Darthvoy"...you'll see that I have played nearly 2000+ games since it came out...It almost cost me my G/F too. When it first came out I didn't shave...didn't do homework... etc.

 

[tyim]

Originally posted by: Blueoak
* > MMORPGS

 

[Aharami]

:thumbsup:

 

[Tylanner]

Reminds me of a time a woman friend of mine tried to convince me that strippers are bad.....

Pffffffffffffffftttttttttt

 

[Doboji]

But see this is why I love ATOT... as much as we flame each other, we are all really just computer nutjobs battling an addiction

:beer: to everyone.

:beer: to me.... I'm not goin back.

-Max

 

[gflores]

Good... now all you have to do is figure out how to escape ATOT.

 

[FlyLice]

Why do you guys keep spelling the word "wow" like "WoW"?!?!

 

[Ausm]

Tell you will spend more time with her after you hit lvl 65

Ausm

 

[EyeMWing]

I congratulate you. You're one of the elite few that can get back out after going in.

 

[DougK62]

Originally posted by: FlyLice
Why do you guys keep spelling the word "wow" like "WoW"?!?!

Because WoW is a game, Sir Noob-a-lot.

 

[TallBill]

So far I've managed to somehow not overplay WOW... its ok to sit down and play for 3-5 hours or whatever.. just not every night. I take a day or two off at a time. Back before I was in the Army, I'd play Star Wars Galaxies every single hour that I wasn't working or sleeping. I'm talking like 8 hours a day. Made some decent cash doing it though.

 

[dxkj]

Originally posted by: Doboji
So I've been playing WoW since the day after it's release. I average about 2 hours per night. In the beginning this was more like 4 hours a night, with occasional much longer days. Well the GF fvcking hates that I play... she thinks of it as mind-rot at it's worst. My feeling up til now has been screw you, I'm an adult, I should be able to spend my free time however the hell I choose. Well tonight we got into a massive argument about it, as I was mid-instance when she called and said come down and see me. I choose not to go, but instead to fulfill my duties (troll priest) and get my group through the rest of the instance.

Well the massive argument ensues, during which she actually succeeds in convincing me that I play way too much, and I haven't been doing anything with my spare time OTHER than WoW, and I really havent been involved with other stuff. I've been meaning to play Rugby, but havent put the time forward to do it. I haven't been taking my tech cert exams. I haven't been doing the extra work at home I used to do. WoW truly was taking over too much of my life. So blam I delete the installation off the PC, with the intention of never putting it back.

What are some of your opinions on the WoW phenomenon, is it indeed an unhealthy obsession? Or am I pussywhipped, and allowing my interests to be manipulated?

Flame away....

-Max

Um... thats not the WoW phenomenon.... at the very least it is the EQ phenomenon as they were the first massive successful MMORPG

 

[dxkj]

oh, and deleting the installation means nothing. Delete your character....